Awards 2024

Welcome to the 2024 National Diversity Awards. Live from Liverpool's Anglican Cathedral! Friday, October 4th 2024

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Award categories

This prestigious award honours an individual who has made significant, innovative and cumulatively outstanding contributions to enhancing the practice of equality and diversity, devoting a major portion of their life to their cause.
- Lifetime Achiever Award: Sponsor - HSBC UK for Lifetime Achiever Award: Sponsor - HSBC UK
  
  Sponsored by: HSBC UK
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The Entrepreneur of Excellence Award recognises individuals who have created a viable business, showcasing entrepreneurship and innovation. Whether you’re an entrepreneur from a diverse background, or an entrepreneur with a business that has a specific focus on a strand of diversity, then this awards for you.
- Entrepreneur of Excellence Award: Sponsor - Kantar for Entrepreneur of Excellence Award: Sponsor - Kantar
  
  Sponsored by: Kantar
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The importance of having a role model can never be underestimated; role models help us to be driven, to focus, to achieve goals and strive to gain success. The positive role model award recognises an individual within the community who shows selflessness, drives change and works tirelessly to inspire others.
- Positive Role Model Award for Age
  
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- Positive Role Model Award for Disability: Sponsor - OVO Group
  
  Sponsored by: OVO
- Positive Role Model Award for Gender: Sponsor - BT
  
  Sponsored by: BT
- Positive Role Model Award for LGBT: Sponsor - Amazon
  
  Sponsored by: Amazon
- Positive Role Model Award for Race, Religion & Faith: Sponsor The Open University
  
  Sponsored by: The Open University
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This award applauds groups, charities and voluntary organisations that have made an outstanding contribution to their local community, or nationwide, with diversity as their core focus.
- Community Organisation Award for Age: Sponsor - Auto Trader UK
  
  Sponsored by: Auto Trader UK
- Community Organisation Award for Disability: Sponsor - Direct Line Group
  
  Sponsored by: Direct Line Group
- Community Organisation Award for Gender
  
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- Community Organisation Award for LGBT
  
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- Community Organisation Award for Race, Religion & Faith
  
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- Community Organisation Award for Multi-Strand
  
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The Diverse Company Award identifies a large organisation that is showing great strides in incorporating diversity and inclusion across their business. Whether that be an employer who has developed and delivered a number of innovative resources, attracted and retained a diverse workforce or is just starting out on their diversity journey, then we want to hear from you. This award is for companies that have over 150 employees.
- Diverse Company Award for Diverse Company Award
  
  Sponsored by: Able Magazine
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A celebrity that has a passion for diversity & enhancement for inclusion, using their platform to highlight a specific issue/cause and influencing positive change across the UK.
- Celebrity of the Year Award: Sponsor - MAG for Celebrity of the Year Award: Sponsor - MAG
  
  Sponsored by: MAG
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Meet the judges

HSBC UK

Amazon

The Open University

Auto Trader UK

Direct Line Group

London Metropolitan University

OVO

English Writer, Activist, Television Presenter and Model

WeAreTheCity

Youth Justice Board for England and Wales

BBC

Aleto Foundation

ADHD Foundation

WinTrade Global

Able Magazine

4 x Team GB Olympian

Auto Trader UK

Zoom

The National Lottery Community Fund

CEO & Founder, Clarke Smith Advisory Senior Advisor, Teneo Chancellor of York University

Teacher, Activist, Researcher, Writer and Consultant

Evenbreak

Kantar

Penna

Itinerary

Friday October 4th 2024

6.15pm – 7.00pm

Drinks Reception
7.00pm – 7.30pm

Opening Speeches
7.30pm – 9.00pm

3 Course Dinner
9.00pm – 10.00pm

First Half of Awards Presentation
10.00pm – 10.15pm

Interval

10.15pm – 10.30pm

Entertainment: Neurodiversity Choir
10.30pm – 11.30pm

Second Half of Awards Presentation
11.30pm – 11.45pm

Entertainment: Shola Ama
11.45pm – 12.00am

Carriages

Venue information

Liverpool Anglican Cathedral, St James’ Mount, Liverpool L1 7AZ

Travel Information

On foot

We are about a thirty-minute walk from most central Liverpool locations including Lime Street and Central railway stations and our main bus terminals.

By Train

Coming into Liverpool by National or Regional Rail? Many major train services terminate at Liverpool Lime Street.

By Bus

Buses stop near the Cathedral every 12 minutes or so. Routes 82, 86 stop nearby and if you like the hop on hop off city tours then you can include our Cathedral on your route.

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